Fireless cooker.



'B. KELLOGG, DECD. n. LKELLOGG, ADMINISTRATMX.

' FIRELESS GooKBR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1906.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

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@iw/b 472% \IVIIII B. KELLOGG, DEGD. nur. KELLOGG, ADMINIBTRATBIX.

HRBLESS c'ooKBR.v APPLIOATIO'N FILED AUG. 17, 1906.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

ESTHER F. KELLOGG, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ADMNISTRATRIX oF BENJAMIN KELLOGG, DEoEAsED.

FIRELESS COOKER.

Specicationiof Letters Patent.

Patenteanug. 2s, 1910.

Application filed August 17, 1906. serial No.'331,o5o. A

The object ofthis invention is to produce a cookerl of this character which -is comparatively simple and durable in'construction; which permits of cooking different articles without mixing the flavors.; which -is so constructed that the maximum e'ect of the heat is utilized for cooking and which permits of maintaining a higher temperature and thus enable articles to be cooked which could not be done with cookers Iof this character as heretofore constructed. n

' In the accompanying drawings consisting of 3 sheets: Figure l is a verticalsection of improved cooker. i 2 is a. horizontal section in line 2 2, Fgig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder or litter for the auxiliary heating plates. Figs. 4 and 5 are horizontalsections in lines 4-4 and 5-5 Fig. 1, respectively. Fig. 6 is a horizontalsec'tion showing the form of cooker body preferredl for transportation. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of the upper part of the cooking chamber showing a modication of themeans for fastening the lidv or cover. of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.'

l rlhe body or cookingl chamber of the tireless cooker may lbe of any shape best suited to the particular conditions under which the same is to be used. When the cooker is intended for cooking long articles such as poultry, or ,in the army which shifts its camp, or when used under other conditions requiring the same to be transported frequently it is preferable, to make the main cooking chamber A oblong in horizontal section and round the corners a, as *shown in Fig. 8 is a top plan View Fig. 6. For general use it is more desirable tomake the main cooking chamber in the form of an upright cylinder,. as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5. y

The cooking chamber consists generally of an inner wall or shell B, an outer wall or shell B1 separated from the inner shellbv 'an intervening space, and an insulating vtilling Z) of asbestos, paper, felt, ashes, shavings or other material which is a non-conductor of heat. The heat insulating'or non-con ducting jacket thus formed extends around the sides and bottom of the cooking chamber Abut the upper or front end isleft open to form an inlet or passage through which the articles and cooking utensils are introduced into the cooking chamber' and removed therefrom. The inlet opening of thecooking chamber is normally closed by a cover C composed of inner and outer Walls or plates,

cf c1 and a filling Z of felt or the like arranged in the space between said walls so as to jacket the same and resist radiationof the heat from the cooking chamber. This cover may be connected permanently on oney side to the top of the body or cooking chamber by a hinge awhile its opposite side is detachably connected with the cooker body by one or more fastening devices, two being shown in Fig. 2. i Each of these fastenings consists of' a projection or abutment F ar-` ranged on the outer side of the cooking chamber near the' top thereof and a spring catch composed of a horizontal upper-part f which is secured at its inner end to the top of the cover and a depending lower part'f1 which inclines inwardl `from the outer end of the upper part an is adapted to frictionally engage the abutment F.y

It desired the fasteners shown 'in Figs. 7 and 8 may be used for holding the 'cover of the cooking chamber in place the same v consisting of a 'horizontally swinging arm F1 pivoted to the top of the cover and having a downwardly and inwardly` turned hook' f which is adapted to engage the 4underside of arim f3 on the cooking chamber and lock the cover thereonupon swinging the arm into a tangential positionbut to clear said rim'aand permit thec'over to be lifted upon swinging the arm into a radial position.

l the cooking chamber and the margin of the cover.- The packing ring is preferably seated in an annular -channel or groove formedv'partly by the upper or front ends of the outer and inner walls of the cooking chamber and partly by a circular diaphragm h which connects said walls near their upperends and constitutes the bottom of said Y channel. l

The outerwall or shell of the body is preferably somewhat lon'er than the' inner wall and projects upwardly beyond the latter and the cover is constructed to fit within said outer Wall and bear against the upper or outer side of the packing, as shown in Fig. l. A

As usual in cookers of this characterA the article isrst cooked, baked or roasted until fully heated by means of a heater orstove of any suitable kind and then the same is placed inthe cooking chamber together with an auxiliary heating agent which stores heat. When thus conned in the air tight cooking chamber the cooking, baking or roasting of the particular article is completed by the heat emitted from the heatingv agent due to the fact that the non-conducting jacket of the cooking chamber prevents outward radiation of thev heatl and compels the heat to spend itself on the articles within the chamber. When it is desired ,to cook vegetables, meats, 1&0., the same are first placed with water in -a dish l and after be ing thoroughly heated on an ordinary stove are then placed in'the cooker, where the cookingis completed by the heat given olf from vthe hot Water contained in the dish. In

order to avoid loss of heat While transferring the dish I from the stove to the cooker a cover i is' applied tothe top of the dish. This cover. may be detachably secured to the dish by any. suitable means, those shown in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings vconsisting of a plurality .of catches or fasteners, each of which consists of a horizontally swinging ,arm Jpivoted at its inner end to the top of the dish cover and having a downwardly and-inwardly turned hook y' at its outer end. in applying 'the cover to the dish the'fastener's are shifted. soy that their ,armsarefposition the arranged radially in which hooks clear the rim il ofjthe ish and permit the cover to be placed thereon.

After the cover has becnihus placed on the dish the fasteners are turned. into a tangential z; position so that their hooks engage under-A 'into the groove 02.

neath the' rim of the dish, as shown inv Figs. l and 5, thereby holding the cover on the dish and preventing displacement of the saine and avoiding loss of heat..

For cooking more rapidly or maintaining a higher temperature for. a longer period of time than is possible by the use of hot Water, one or more auxiliary heating plates K are employed either alone or in addition to the hot water as a heating agent. These plates are preferably of circular form and 'constructed of cast iron although other materials may be used. These plates are heated on a stove or otherwise to a temperature much higher than it is possible to heat water and are then placed in the cooking chamber together with the articles to be cooked. Each heating plate is preferably placed in Vand removed from the cooking chamber by a spring handle L, shown in Fig. 3, having the general shape of a bow and provided at its opposite lower ends with in-v wardly'turned jaws l Z which are adapted to enter openings or recesses Z1 'Z1 in the edges of the heating plate. When a heating plate is used the same is preferably supported above the bottom of the cooking chamber by means of an interposed false bottom m, thereby preventing the non-conducting filling of the jacket, if it is felt or similar material, from being scorched. For the same reason the heatin plate is provided at its edge with a p urality of lat'- erally projecting guard lugs n .which prevent the plate from engaging the `inner wall of the cooking chamber to any considerable extent and ignjuriously yaffecting the filling.

When it is desired. to cook or bake dif ferent articles at the same time without permitting the flavors to mingle, the lcooking chamberl is divided into several separate compartments each of .which receives one kind of article.` This division of the cooking chamber is eHeected by means of one or more' partitions each of which consists of a disk o, an annular flange `o1 connected at its upper edge with the periphery of the disk and provided on its outer side with an annular groove o2, a packing ring P of felt or similar material which vis U-shaped in cross section and bears with its outer flange against the'inner side of the cooking cham`v ber while its inner flange bears a amst the Ilange of said partition, and a sp it sring ring 'g which 1s arranged in the big t of sai packing ring P and presses the same After the first dish is placed in the cooking chamber a partition izo of the described construction is'pushed down into the chamber as faryas possible 'and then the next dish is placed-upon the first partition followed by another partition' until the desired number of dishes have been put into the cooking chamber. If the number ofjdishes do not entirely lill the ticles in the dishes.

partinents are kept perfectly distinct and employed in the oven one of them is placed .on the bottom ing suitable for the hangers u u1.

vheat from the gaging the front do not affect each other. The 'uppermost partition preferably has. an additional disk R secured to the lower edge of its flange o1 and afilling r of felt or other non-conductor of heat is placed in the space between the same and the plate 0 for producing an insulating jacket which prevents radiation ot' used part to the unused part of the cooking chamber. j

When an extraordinary amountV of heat is required such as for baking bread, it'is preferable to place the article to be baked, together with one or more heating plates K, K in an auxiliary oven'S which is in turn placed in the cooking chamber. The side wall of this oven is'preferablycylint drical in form and provided with an opening s which maybe covered oruncovered by av cylindrical shutter 'T movable circumfer- .entially on the exterior of the-oven-and having an opening t-which may be placed in or out vof register with' the side yopening in the oven.

When two heating plates are of theoven while the other 1s supported underneaththe top of the same'. The means for thus supporting the upper heating plate in the oven may be variously constructed that shown in the drawings bepnrpose and consisting of two horizontal supporting bars U crossing each other at right angles and connected at their ends with the oven by means of The side and rear hangers u permanently connect the respective ends of 4the supporting bar Vwith thel oven but the front. hanger al 4is. constructed in the form of la `spring Ahook 'which detachably engages with the underside of `thefront end a2 of the. adjacent supporting bar. Upon disenhanger from the free end 'zof/the adjacent supporting bar the latter may be depressed, vformin a passage way which permits the upper eatmg plate to be slid over the' supporting bar. Thereafter the front hanger u1 is rengagedwith thev ehdm2 of the adjacent supporting barto ,confine the upper heating plate against displacement" on the supporting bars'. As shown'in Fig. 1, such an oven having a bak-v ing pan w resting1 on its lower heating plate 1s arranged in t e upper .compartment of chamber, a false bottom chamber, and a heating plate arranged on and having a plurality of laterally projecting guard lugs on its- 'edge, substantially as ofv 'the chamber into "a partm'ents comprising a disk having a chanthegcooklngchambe'r butif desiredthe same may be located in the lowermost compartlment or between two compartments in which other things are being cooked.

For convenience in handling the heating plates when the same are placed in or rechamber having an inlet opening at. its front outer shell separated from the inner. shell by an intervening spacevand projecting 'at its front end beyond the 'front end of theY diaphragm connecting the inner shell, a inner and outer shells below ends and forming an annular an insulatingA filling arranged in said space, a packing ring 'ot :telt arranged in said channel, and a cover'havingan insulating jacket and constructed to fit within the front end of the outer shell and bear. against said packing, substantially as set forth. A

A. tireless cooker having a -cooking chamber, a-dish adapted to be placed in the said chamber and having a rim, a cover for their upper said dish, and a fastener having a horizontally'svvinging arm pivoted at. its inner end to the top of said cover and at one side of the center of the latter and provided at its'outer end with a downwardly and inwardly turned hook which is adapted to enstantially asset vforth. j 3. A tireless vcooker comprising a cooking said false bottom,

set forth.

4. A tireless cookercomprising a cooking chamber, a cover for the chamber, and a removable partition for ividing the interior plurality of comnel at its edge, a packing arranged in said channel and engaging the inner side of the chamber, and-a clamping ring surrounding the outer side of the` packing ring.l

5. A reless cooker comprising'a cooking chamber, anda partition movable .in said chamber and consisting of a disk, an annuj -lari-lange connected at onel edge with said disk and having an annular groove, a packing 'ring which is, U-shaped in cross 'sections and bears with one fiangel against the inner wall of said chamber while its other flange bears against the flange of4 said disk, and a split spring 02E/said packing ring. and holding thesame in tsaid cove,substantially as set forth.

channel and reless cooker comprising a cookingy end and composedof an inner shell, an

-gagennderneath the 4rim of said dish, suby arranged in said ring engaging with the bight y 70 lmovedpfrom the ove'n each of the same 1s j chamber, `and a partition movable in saidchamber and consisting of a`disk., an annular flange connected at one edge ywith said disk and having an annular groove, a packing ring which is U-shaped in cross section and bears with one flange against the inner wall of said chamber While its other flange bears against the flange of said disk, a split spring ring engaging with the bight of said packing ring and holding the same in :said groove, another disk connected With the other edge of the grooved Hange, and a lling of non-heat conducting material* ar# ranged between said diskssubstantial1y as set fort-h.- A a 7. A tireless cooker comprising amain cooking chamber, an auxiliary oven ar ranged in the main chamber, a heating plate crossed arranged in the upper part of said oven, and-.a su port for said plate consisting of orizontal bars, lhangers perma; nently connecting the side and rear ends of said bars with .the oven, and a hanger se' cured to the oven and having a hook engaging under the end of the adjacent barl for detachably connecting the same with the oven, substantially 'as set forth.

Witness my hand this 10th day of August, 1906.

ESTHER F. KELLOGG, administran-m .of the estate of Benjamin Kellogg, deceased. Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. KnLLoGo, BETH C. Monrm. 

